Improvement in buckles



W. T. REASER. BUCKLE.

No.176,-053. Patented Apri111,'1876,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

WARREN T. REASER, OF (JENTBALIA, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUCKLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No, 176,05 3, dated April11, 1876; application filed January 29, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WARREN T. Bunsen, ofOentralia, in the county of Wood and State of Wisconsin, have invented anew and Improved Buckle, of which the following is a specification Myinvention is an improvement in the class of harness-bui-kles having thetongue reversed in positionthat is to say, pivoted to one of the endbars, and resting at its free end on a central cross-bar.

My improved buckle has its central crossbar provided with a stud, whichconstitutes the means for securing one end of the strap to which thebuckle is applied, and also supports the free end of the tongue, whichpasses through the end of the strap, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a lengthwise section,and Fig. 2 a topplan view, of my buckle and a looped strap to which itis attached.

The frame of the buckle is essentially rectangular in form. The tongue Ais pivoted to one of the end bars B, and made about half the length ofthe frame, as shown. The middle cross-bar D is dropped below the mainportion of the frame, and provided with a stud, E. The strap F is passedbetween the said middle bar D and the end bars B G, and is secured bythe stud E, which enters a hole punched therein. The tongueApassesthrough the end portion G of the strap, and is supported upon the top ofthe stud. By this construction the tongue is relieved of part of thestrain to which the strap would be subjected if it were passed throughboth parts of the strap, and constituted the sole means of fastening orsecuring them. The stud prevents the end of the tongue pressing upon andthereby puncturing the strap or abrading its surface, besides holdingthe tongue at a more acute angle with the side bars of the buckle-framethan it would assume if passed through both parts of the strap.

What I claim is- The improved buckle, formed of the frame having theshort tongue A pivoted to the end bar thereof, and the middle cross-barD, having the stud E, for securing the strap and supporting the free endof the tongue, as shown and described.

WARREN T. REASER. Witnesses:

O. SEDGWIOK, T. B. MOSHER.

